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Marske By The Sea, Valley Gardens And High Street c.1955
Photo ref: M40015
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More about this scene

This is the seaward end of the High Street, which runs down onto the beach. In an earlier period this area included beautiful sheltered gardens and a bandstand. Allotments were also established in the First World War to ease potential food shortages. A boat on a trailer here (left) confirms the ancient links between this community and the sea.

Memories of Marske-by-the-Sea, Valley Gardens and High Street c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Marske By The Sea, Valley Gardens And High Street c.1955

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We came to Marske in August 1948 having just demobbed from the Army 9 weeks earlier, we purchased a shop at 221 High St selling groceries, rations, ice cream etc. Our daughter was just 5 weeks old and was baptized in St Germain Church, our son Peter went to school in the Old Tithe Barn, Mrs Buttery was the teacher. Mr Skippon ran the Pictures with 5 changes a week, each show had 2 features, a ...see more